German Village, Ohio
Population: 3,342 est. - Franklin County

GERMAN VILLAGE OHIO REAL ESTATE MARKET

While I am proud to now be an American citizen, having been born in Germany I am also proud of my German heritage.  So, I do have a special fondness in my heart for the German Village area. There’s nothing else like it in Central Ohio. German Village home values remain high due to it’s ideal central location, unique architecture, brick streets, charming shops & restaurants and historic characteristics not found anywhere else in Central Ohio.

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The German Village Historic District borders the South end of Downtown Columbus and is within walking distance to most Downtown locations or a short trip on the COTA bus. It’s a perfect choice for professionals working in or around Downtown Columbus Ohio who want an older home with character and a certain charm only found in this area of Columbus. The Brewery District, Merion Village and Schumacher Place also border the German Village area and offer similar, but often more affordable living.

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The German Village real estate market provides urban, upscale living at it’s best. You’ll find quaint, older German Village homes for sale ranging in price from around $150k to over $1.5 Million for stately mansions.  You’ll also find a variety of German Village Condos for sale, especially in the Brewery District.  Building a new home in German Village is almost unheard of, as land is rarely available. Compare German Village home sales prices to other Central Ohio communities.

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GERMAN VILLAGE SCHOOLS

Columbus City Schools, which educates German Village students, received the Academic Watch classification on their district report card for 2003-2004. A return to neighborhood school assignments and passage of a school operating levy has helped spark the first significant increase in enrollment for Columbus Public Schools in over 20 years, a sign that the city is becoming more attractive to families. Columbus City has a total of 53 elementary, 24 middle, three K-8, and 23 high schools. Included in these are various alternative, language immersion and two year-round schools. There are also three religious schools located in the Village; St. Mary Elementary School, St. Paul Lutheran School and Southeast Christian Academy.

PARKS & RECREATION

German Village residents enjoy two neighborhood parks Frank Fetch Park and Schiller Park. Schiller Park, one of the city’s oldest and most beautiful parks, is home to the Actor’s Theatre, which performs Shakespeare in the Park every summer, as well as a recreation center providing facilities for athletic, fitness and art activities. Not only can some of the area’s most popular restaurants, such as Schmidt’s Sausage Haus, be found in German Village, but the exciting nightlife of the Brewery District borders the Village just to the west.

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Columbus Municipal Golf Course

COMMUNITY EVENTS & ATTRACTIONS

German Village is host to some unique community events. In May Columbus’ largest yard sale, Village Valuables, takes place in German Village. There will be over 100 different yard sales throughout the German Village and when you’re done shopping, stop in at the Bier Garten to unwind. The Haus & Garten Tour in June allows the community to get a deeper look at German Village. Guests can explore the 12 tour locations at their own pace, while stopping to enjoy the gardening demonstrations, shopping for unique home and garden accessories in the Marketplatz and watching members of the Central Ohio Watercolor Society paint their masterpieces for the annual watercolor competition. 

The German Village Oktoberfest is a celebration that blends a time-honored German festival with the vitality and charm of a thriving urban neighborhood. With 32 bands on three stages, a wide variety of authentic German food as well as other festival favorites, a Kinderplatz just for kids, and a Marketplatz filled with artisans and shops, Oktoberfest is a fun-filled weekend for the whole family. 

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German village is filled with shops, restaurants, galleries and services of all kinds. Check out their listings, then come visit in person.

Congratulations to Barcelona and Lindey’s Restaurants, for being named to the Columbus Dispatch’s Top 10 Restaurant list! German Village truly has some of the finest dining available in Columbus.

GERMAN VILLAGE OHIO HISTORY

German immigrants settled German Village in the 1830’s, these settlers built the brick homes that are the neighborhood’s hallmark. German Village’s historic character is rooted in its brick streets, unique combination of exquisitely restored homes, quaint shops, fine restaurants, renowned art galleries, antique shops, preserved commercial space and unique architectural details. Learn more about this area’s unique history at the German Village Society.

Once an urban renewal project, residents persuaded Columbus City Council in the 1960s to create the German Village Historical District. Established as a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, German Village is one of the largest privately-funded historical areas in the U.S. The 233-acre, 19th century German community has 1,600 private residences and 100 shops and restaurants. The borders of German Village extend North to E. Livingston Avenue, East between Jaeger and Bruck, South between Thurman and Mithoff and West to Pearl Alley.

Brewery District
All of the areas surrounding German Village were filled with German Immigrants in the 1800’s (and we know how Germans love their beer). So it’s not surprising that one of the most active areas for business in Columbus in the 1800’s was the Brewery District. The area was home to other types of business as well - but is best known for the many breweries owned by German Families perfecting the art of brewing beer in the old world tradition. For example, the Buchsieb family owned a major fertilizer company in a building now home to upscale condos. Dead horses and other animals were brought there for processing into fertilizer. Large amounts of beer were brewed in this area and shipped off to other areas in Ohio. 

Two of the largest breweries were Hoster Brewery and Gambrenis Brewery. Brew Master David Foster has since revived the Gambrenis Brewery and the Hoster name has also resurfaced as a microbrewery and restaurant. 

The breweries thrived for decades until the prohibition and Great Depression which had a grave impact on the vitality of the Brewery district and whole economy in this area. However, the spirit of the German immigrants who established the area still lives on. Some of the brewery buildings were used for other business purposes and one was even used for one of the first television broadcasts in Central Ohio. Today the Brewery District is thriving once again as a business and entertainment center that spans 27 acres of vintage buildings and is home to many great restaurants and bars with an active night life scene.

The Brewery district borders German Village to the West and encompasses the area between I-70, Pearl Alley to the East, Greenlawn Avenue to the South all the way to the Scioto River/Short Street.

Schumacher Place
Schumacher Place, located just East of German Village between Livingston and Whittier, is named after a prominent family from the 1800’s who owned a dairy & farming business in this area. They also raised cattle and pigs which were brought to a major slaughter yard then located at the corner of Lathrop and Kossuth. That location is now home to the Schmidthoff Condos. Across the street was a large butcher company that supplied meat and sausage (a staple in the German’s diet), which is now home to the original Schmidt’s Sausage Haus and Restaurant. Due to the smell, the area around the slaughterhouse was undesirable at the time, so not many homes were built there until the early 1900’s. 

In the 1920’s, as more people were able to enjoy the use of automobiles and trucks, many of the farmers started moving further away from the city. The area was in decline from the 1940’s into the early 1960’s as businesses were gone and many homes had fallen into disrepair. In the mid 1960’s, the City of Columbus even pondered demolition of the entire area for factories and large manufacturing. Thanks to Frank Fetch and a handful of others who fought hard to save this area. 

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